Recently the BBC reported that despite the ‘legalisation of medicinal cannabis’ in November 2018, ‘virtually no-one’ in the UK had been able to access it since changes in the law over three months ago.

Increasingly, businesses in the UK are looking at entering into, or investing in, the legal cannabis industry, domestically or overseas. But the legal landscape is complex and in flux. BCL partner, John Binns explains the issues that will need to be considered to keep your business on the right side of the law.

BCL partner, Julian Hayes and Stefanie Schott of Kipper+Durth (Germany) act as Rapporteurs for the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA), responding to proposed European Commission legislation on cross-border gathering of e-evidence.

University College London held its’ annual ‘Privacy and Data: Law and Practice’ conference today (12th February 2019) with BCL partners, Julian Hayes and John Binns asked to address the conference about the current laws on business confidentiality and proprietary information protection in relation to money laundering and financial crime.

BCL partner, John Binns talks to The Times about the difficult process of collecting assets from the Assad regime after the family of murdered journalist, Marie Colvin were awarded $302 million in damages.